Electric heater



R. G. LEDIG.

ELECTRIC HEATER.

ADPUCATION FILED 0CT,25,1920.

1,391,960, PatentedSept. 27, 1921.

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RICHARD G. LEDIG, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 A. MECKY COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA.

ELECTRIC HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent. `Patented Sept. 27, 1921- Application led October 25, 1920. Serial N0. 419,172.

To all fw/Lom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD G. Lenie, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful -Electric Heater, of which the following is a specification.

y lnvention consists of an electric heater which embodies an electric heating unit, a reflector, and a casing containing and supporting the latter, said reflectorbeing of disk-like nature, and having said umt in front of the same. p

The invention is `satisfactorily illustrated in the accompanying drawing, but the important instrumentalities thereof fmay be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific details shown and described, as long as they are within the spirit or scope of the claims.

Figure 1 represents a front view of an electric heater embodying my invention, portion of the guard therefor beingr removed.

Fig. 2 represents a central vertical section thereof.

Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section thereof.

lSimilar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings. l

1 designates a casin formed of suitable metal and composed of the to wall 2, the bottom wall 3, the side wal s 4 and the rear wall 5, said wallsr being closed, the front of the casing being open.

Within the casing is the partition 6 which is partially cut-away forming a recess in which is fitted the reflector member 7 whose peripheral portion of riiri 8 is screwed or otherwise secured to the adjacent portion of the partition 6, thus sustaining the reflector partition closing the casing around'said reflecting member.

The reflector is a disk preferably of co per, concave in front. At the center of t e disk is placed the electric heating unit 9' vex and it enters the chamber 12 of the casing rearward of the reflector, consequently when the unit 9 is energized its heat while also heating the member 7 will be reflected forwardly and so out of the casing into the apartment in which the device is located, while soule of the heat will be communicated by the rear face of the reflector into the chamber 12, thus heating the casing to that extent.

In front of the casing is the guard 13 of heavy wire or other suitable open work whose sides are provided with hooks 14 which may be sprung upon the forward portions ofthe sides of the casing, thus holding said `guard in position.

At the top of the front of the casing is the defiector 16 for evident purposes.

The forward portions of the sides 4 lof the casing are formed of double walls procation with the chamber 12 so as to receive heat from the latter and thus assist in heatin said portions of the casing.

, aving thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An electric heater consisting of a reflecting member, a heating unit, a casing open in front adapted to contain said unit and member, and means for electrically energizing said unit, said reflecting member embodying a disk having in front a reflecting surface,` and said heating unit being sustained forward of said surface and said casing having therein a recessed partition in which the reflecting member is seated and with vwhich it is connected.

2. An electric heater consisting of a reflecting member, a heating unit, a casing open in front adapted to contain said heating unit and reflecting member, means for Ielectrically energizing said heating unit, said member, and a heating element position Said reflecting member, and n heating ele- 10 ment positioned Within said casing und partially Within said reflectingr member nml secured to said reflecting memberby the above mentioned ears.

RICHARD G. LEDIG.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. VVIEDERSHEIM, N. BUssINGER. 

